Current Affairs- January 4, 2023

 

INDIA

• Supreme Court observed that all religious conversions cannot be presumed by a State to be illegal.
• King Charles III of UK held a telephone conversation on India’s G-20 Presidency with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
• An invertebrate survey was undertaken in the Thiruvananthapuram Wildlife Division.
• Captain Shiva Chouhan becomes first women officer operationally deployed at Kumar Post, Siachen.
• HC asks Delhi Government to ensure free food, treatment to poor HIV-positive persons.
• Department of Posts releases special cover on Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
• President Droupadi Murmu will inaugurate the 18th National Scout and Guide Jamboree in Rajasthan.
• UIDAI introduces Head of the Family (HoF)-based online address update in Aadhar.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh virtually inaugurates Bailey Suspension Bridge over river Chenab in Jammu division.

ECONOMY

• The government kept the interest rate unchanged at 7.1 per cent for the subscribers of the General Provident Fund and other similar funds.
• Government exempts PSUs from the minimum 25 per cent public float requirement.
• India and Asian Development Bank sign several loan agreements to boost infrastructure sector.
• Google alleges CCI copied parts of EU ruling on Android abuse.
• Government raises windfall tax on crude oil, export of diesel and ATF

WORLD

• India starts probe into circuit board dumping by China and Hong Kong
• Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland replace India, Ireland, Kenya, Mexico and Norway in U.N. Security Council.
• U.S. carries out first execution of a transgender person
• South Korea fines Tesla USD 2.2 million for EV range exaggeration
• Japan plans to boost financial support to households to move away from the capital city Tokyo.

SPORTS

• Tata Open Maharashtra: India’s Ramkumar Ramanathan enters doubles quarter-finals.
• BCCI floats tender to own and operate a Women’s IPL team.
• Ranji Trophy: Saurashtra captain Jaydev Unadkat became the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the first over.